LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3731, 13 December 1906, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

The recent hail storm that visited this district, did considerable damage to flower gardens. So far the potato blight has not made its appearance in this district.

Eketahunaand Martinborough are forming fire brigades. Now then Foxton, get a move on.

The beautiful art needlework on view in Messrs Sutherland and Rough’s window is attracting much attention.

A committee meeting of the local Lawn Tennis Club will be held in the Herald Office tomorrow at 5 p.m. Flounders have been very plentiful in the Manawatu of late, but the fresh in the river has kept the kawhai out of the fishermen’s nets.

Next Sunday morning Mr Nicol will conduct the service in the Methodist Church and the Rev. Mr Southern will preach in the Presbyterian Church. The Borough Council notifies that applications for carter’s, billiard room, public halls and lodging houses licenses must be renewed before the 31st inst. Proceedings will follow noncompliance. Tenders are also called for services for 1907.

Constable Woods’ arrested a female in Main-street at noon today, who had apparently been imbibing. The Constable’s persuasive eloquence to make herself scarce was of no avail and he was compelled to place a cell at her disposal.

After mass at the Pahiatua Roman Catholic Church On Sunday morning, Father T. McKenna was the recipient of an illuminated address and purse of 105 sovereigns and congratulations from his parishioners on his recovery from his recent illness.

We congratulate Mr W. F. Barnard (late in the employ of Mr Moore and now with Messrs Atkinson and Bennett, Wellington) upon passing his examination in contracts, evidence and criminal law and torts. No word has been received from Messers Levin & Co as to who is the successful tenderer for their Main St. site. We understand, however, that a well-known business man is in the running. Mrs Izard, wife of the Greytown bankrupt, who has a life income of some a year out, of that is willing to hand over something each year to those of the creditors who were likely to suffer most from the bankruptcy. The Raugitikei Advocate says the weather in the Palmerston district is most favourable for the development of the dairying industry, which would lead some of its readers to suppose that the Ballance and Makuri districts were in the Palmerston area. , Such is not the case. These rich dairying districts have absolutely no connection with Palmerston-

Stanbury' is rapidly improving in condition, says a Wanganui telegram, and, though his style has not entire approval, there is no question as to the power of his strokes or his ability to drive his cratt through the water. Webb, who is a far more finished sculler, is in perfect condition, and his work is fulfilling the highest anticipation of his friends. His new boat built by George Towns, which arrived last week, has given every satisfaction and - he is now perfectly at home in it. The Sabbath School Anniversary in connection with the Methodist Sunday School will be held in the Church on Sunday next. The service in the morning at 11 will be conducted by Mr Nicol, Presbyterian minister. In the afternoon at 1.30 a children’s service will be held conducted by the Rev. J. Southern. In the evening the service will be held at 7 o’clock. The subject will be “ What shall we do with our boys, ” preacher Mr Southern. Special hymns will be sung by the children at each service, conducted by Mr Betty, who has given a great deal of attention to the training of the children. During the day the choir will render the anthems “Come thou|Fount,” and “The Lord is my Shepherd.’ ’

Mr Hans Andresen invites tenders for a crop of oates. We direct attention to Messrs J. A. Nash and Co.’s replace advt. in this issue.

Mr Betty has a splendid stock ot ladies and gents boots and shoes in the latest styles. Inspection invited.

A splendid stock of ladies and gents underwear bought at a sacrifice (travellers’ samples) will be almost given away at the Economic. Call and inspect.* RnEUMO has cured Thousands of sufferers from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, lumbago, it will cure you. Try it. All stores and chemists, 2s 6d and 'ls 6d. A positive curer 9

There is some talk of starting a co-operative dairy corapkny in this district.

In the early days Foxton possessed five rope walks. The Maoris in those days were experts in the art of “skinning flax.” The Otaki Licensing Bench refused to grant a publican’s license for the Waikanae Hack Racing club’s meeting. We are asked to remind shootists in this district that entries close on the iStlr inst. at 9 p.m. for the Wanganui Rifle Association meeting to be held on 27th and 28th insts.

Messrs J. W. Rough and Thos. Rimmer have purchased three acres of land adjoining the Presbyterian Manse property in the Ladies Mile for building purposes. Mr C. L. Barnard has opened up a splendid assortment of gold, silver and plated ware, suitable for the Christmas season. His window will repay a visit of inspection.

The Foxton Brass Band discoursed a programme of music opposite the Family Hotel, Mainstreet, on Tuesday night last. Mrs Laing donated £1 is towards the instrument fund during the course of the programme. The local postmaster has received a communication from the head of the postal department to the effect that large numbers of postcards bearing imitation stamps are being passed through the post. This is contrary to the regulation and must be stopped. Four of Foxton’s pioneer settlers are still in the land of the living. Two, however, are invalids, viz., Mrs (Captain) Robinson and Mr George Nye; the others are the Rev. Mr Duncan and Mr Cummerfield senr. The last mentioned enjoys the best of health and is able to put in a good day’s work. The Ballance Co-operative Company will pay out on Saturday next £5500 for milk supplied during November, the rate of advance being rod per lb of butter fat. Two suppliers will secure £IOO each for the month’s milk. The Makuri Dairy Company will pay out £6OO on Saturday for milk supplied last month. Some points on the land question: There are freehold properties in the colony to the value of 77 millions. The Crown lands available for settlement (exclusive of pastoral leases) amount to a million and a half acres at an average of 7s 6d an acre, or a total value of £Boo,oco. It is from the returns from these latter lands, say .£30,000 a year, that the proposed national endowments are to come.

A novel and probably unique spectacle is at present to be seen on Mr George Shaw’s farm at Claremont, where there is a cow suckling two lambs, and bringing them up well. The lambs and their foster-mother are the best of friends, the cow appearing to be quite convinced that the lambs are her twin calvesj and - she treats them in all respects as if they were. With such a liberal supply of milk as the lambs derive from the cow, they have become so fat as to be scarcely able to walk. An exchange, speaking of Izard’s bankruptcy, says : “ Why are the law officers not interesting themselves in this case? If a junior clerk in a lawyer’s office takes a few shillings, or issues a valueless cheque, he is placed on trial. How is it that a man who has allegedly made away with thousands of pounds of trust funds is permitted to remain at large because he avails himself of the bankruptcy Court.” When the body of John Cluff ; the boarder who was burned to death at Masterton, was recovered, it was found that only a portion, a few inches square, of his trousers pocket was left unconsumed, and the remarkable fact was discovered that twenty single pound notes were rolled up in this fragment, only the edges of the notes being slightly scorched. The deceased had been somewhere about four months in Masterton. He was said to have been in a fire at Gore (Otago) some time ago when a man was burned to death.

A message dated Paris, November 10th, states:—The speech made in the Chamber of Deputies by the Minister of Labour, M. Viviani, in which he painted a picture of the new Socialistic regime at which France is aiming, continues to attract the applause of the Socialist press and the execrations of the conservatives. M. Viviani declared “that the stars in the heavens which were extinguished were never relighted, and that as compensation for the destruction of the hope of a future life, from which men’s minds had finally been emancipated, their happiness on earth must be increased.” Like M. Jaures, he declared that “this could only be accomplished by the ultimate suppression of private property, which would put an end to the exploitation of one class by another, and permit all to share in the riches of production. The two principal causes of the alarming increase of insanity at the present day are (says Dr Forbes Winslow) drink and heredity. The former is a vice, and the latter, unfortunately, is responsible for a good deal of the mental degeneration which is taking place at the present day. Drink not only produced insanity to a large extent, but the children of drunkards are either criminals, drunkards, r or lunatics; and thus drink goes hand in hand with heredity, and should jointly be held responsible for the present mental degeneration. In making this observation as to the progeny of habitual drunkards, I have (adds the doctor) the courage of my opinion and conviction, snd I challenge the denial of these facts.